Temporal Ecology Lab

Wolkovich group at the University of British Columbia

Welcome

Welcome to the Temporal Ecology Lab. We’re focused on understanding how global changes alter the temporal assembly and disassembly of communities. Much of the research in the lab centers on understanding recent shifts in `biological spring,' advances in the timing of plants’ leafout and flowering that have occurred in many regions of the globe with climate change.

We’re primarily field ecologists who use whatever approach best fits the question at hand. As such most of us split our time between collecting and analyzing field data, working on meta-analyses of contemporary and historical data or setting up experiments in and out of doors.

Current projects in the lab use meta-analyses, growth-chamber studies, winegrape harvest data and more to understand the temporal dimension of populations, communities and ecosystems. We’re based in the department of Forest Sciences and Conservation at the University of British Columbia. If you’re in the area, come visit!

News & Events

28 January 2019-We’re less than one month into a new term and almost halfway through Statistical Rethinking!

11 July 2018-Lizzie gave an interview for a NatGeo piece and is now on the record saying “It’s unfortunate that we don’t have a cycling race in the summer where the Iditarod is held.”

7 February 2018-The lab has moved! Lizzie joined the Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences at UBC as of 1 January. She is looking forward to seeing Ailene, Cat, Dan and Nacho, who will visit in March.

5 September 2017-Summer rushed by and now fall term is here, new Bayesian stats course to teach and many new experiments to run. The lab is excited to welcome Isabelle Chuine for her sabbatical!